Kitchen Gardens at L'Hermitage, Pontoise

Camille Pissarro and his family first stayed in Pontoise, north west of Paris, between 1866 and 1868. New rail links brought villages, like Pontoise, within commuting distance of the city but also threatened the traditional way of life as suburban flower gardens began to replace market gardens. Pissarro's composition is naturally ordered as the kitchen garden is plotted out by zones. A man plows one patch while two women work at another piece of land. Hills, houses and sky are formed up in the horizontal planes of the arrière plan.

Timeline

  • 1872 - Pissarro and family returned to Pontoise.
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Amazon Books
Image of The Impressionist Garden: Ideas and Inspiration from the Gardens and Paintings of the Impressionists
Author: Derek Fell
Publisher: Clarkson Potter (1994)
Binding: Hardcover, 144 pages
Image of Pissarro and Pontoise: The Painter in a Landscape
Author: Richard Brettell
Publisher: Yale University Press (1990)
Binding: Hardcover, 240 pages

Location

Kitchen Gardens at L'Hermitage, Pontoise
rue Adrien Lemoine
Pontoise
France
49° 3' 24.8976" N, 2° 6' 31.0644" E